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underslip

underslip noun: a woman's undergarment.

Noun

underslip (plural underslips)

  1. A woman's undergarment.
  2. An underlying layer of slip.
    • The designs in the slip appear to have been created through a negative resist technique, in which a lighter-colored underslip shows through a darker overlying slip.2011, Walter R. T. Witschey, Clifford T. Brown, Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica, page 336

Forms of underslip

pluralunderslips

Origin of underslip

From under- + slip.

Questions about underslip

What does underslip mean?
Underslip means a woman's undergarment.
What part of speech is underslip?
Underslip is a noun.
What is the plural of underslip?
The plural of underslip is underslips.

Words near underslip in the dictionary

  1. underslept
  2. underslide
  3. underslides
  4. undersling
  5. underslings
  6. underslip
  7. underslips
  8. underslope
  9. underslopes
  10. underslung
  11. undersmoothed

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